my complicated life

this is the first day of the ramadan period. at this time, the muslim people prays a whole lot more than usual and were forbidden to eat or drink when the sun rises. therefore, they only gets to eat after sun down, they call it the IFTAR. with this, all shops and restaurants opens later lasting until about 2 a.m. the next day. alongside with this, offices both government and private were only required to work 6 hours - muslims or non-muslims! in my office, our timing from Saturday to Tuesday is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., while on Wednesday we only work from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in my case, i report 30 minutes before those timings and extends during Tuesday as i attend lectures in sedimentary petrology. aahhh.... kainis nga eh.

ramadan period lasts for a month. to pay our respect for this muslim tradition, we do not eat nor drink in public. as we know they are not allowed to eat nor drink when the sun is up we therefore, do not eat nor drink in public because doing so will only make them hungrier or thirstier. in addition, it is more of a prohibition by law. thus, we only eat in our own home or lock ourselves inside our office when we are to take a bite in the workplace.

i usually get home about 3:30 p.m. and my hubby is already home by then. as his boss is a UAE national, they only work from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lucky him! hehehe. me and my hubby can now stroll around the city more often as time is in our hands! hehehe. above is a photo taken in Marina Mall during one of our casual "walks". sporting my shorter haircut which was now 1 month old.